Apocalyptic Flood: Sexy Beauty Neighbor's Midnight Plea for Food Chapter 1197 - 537: Darkness Without Light

Spirit Ability Users employ Spiritual Power to detect objects inside the scope covered by their Spiritual Power.

This kind of detection resembles a divine perspective, offering far greater detail than eyesight alone and including some penetrating ability.

Its sole weakness lies in being restricted by the strength of Spiritual Power, which caps the detection distance.

Naturally, Liang Yuan's present Spiritual Power allows him to sense up to four hundred meters around.

Given this span and his lightning-fast reflexes, Liang Yuan could instantly react to any threat and act without delay.

While deep in thought, Liang Yuan unleashed his Spiritual Power, spreading it across every direction.

With the Spiritual Power extending outward, images of the nearby area began to take shape in Liang Yuan's consciousness.

A rugged coastline filled with sharp reefs lay before him, waves pounding rhythmically against the stones.

His speedboat was jammed tightly between a pair of boulders, engine howling futilely as it churned the water.

In the four hundred meter radius, dangerous rocky zones stretched out both rearward and leftward.

Roughly two hundred meters back, a stark divide between illumination and shadow stood clear.

Even at two hundred meters over the water, Spiritual Power picked up vivid colors on surfaces.

Yet from here, the bare eyes couldn't catch the glow that far off.

Evidently, light got swallowed up the moment it crossed into this zone.

"Without Spiritual Power, just using your eyes here is pure torture."

A quiet jolt hit Liang Yuan as the scenery stayed invisible in this devouring darkness.

Everyone knows people rely on landmarks to figure out directions.

Within total blackness like this, no such markers exist at all.

Thus, venturing in means a real risk of getting totally disoriented.

Liang Yuan jumped off the speedboat, flicked his hand, and tucked it straight into his inventory.

Next, he bounded nimbly over the rocks, hurrying toward the shoreline ahead.

Five hundred meters later, he made it onto solid ground.

Through Spiritual Power scanning, the terrain showed no hues, just vast swathes of dark moss and hairy plants.

"How can plants thrive in total darkness?"

Liang Yuan crouched and snatched up a fistful of the growth.

It felt sleek and plush, akin to fine strands of hair, and resisted fiercely even when he yanked with force!

"Is this the hair from some Dark Attribute Floating Island corpse?"

A peculiar look crossed Liang Yuan's face as he pondered what these might be.

Grasping a cluster of fern-like growths next—jet-black yet plump and moist.

When Liang Yuan crushed one, sap gushed abundantly from it.

"Wonder if they're safe to eat. If so, these succulent ferns could be top-notch for cooking."

He tossed the ferns into his inventory offhandedly, intending to check them out later.

These days in Yangshan, folks always grab plant seeds or roots on outings to pass to the farming team.

Post-apocalypse floods have made food sources rarer by the day.

Any edible greenery counts as a vital treasure now.

Liang Yuan sure wouldn't pass up such finds.

With the ferns and hairy plants secured, Liang Yuan scanned his surroundings.

Four hundred meters of Spiritual Power reach felt awfully limited, drawing a frown from Liang Yuan.

Everything in sight looked uniform: sleek plants and ferns blanketing the area, scarce trees in evidence.

After some consideration, to prevent getting lost on return, he pulled an old car from inventory and parked it there as a marker.

Once set, Liang Yuan picked a random path and plunged into the Floating Island to probe deeper.

During his venture, he kept tracking the position of Huang Guangzu’s Parasite Species.

"How on earth did he end up on this Floating Island? Tu Long and Nai Bai with him too?"

The presence of Huang Guangzu’s Parasite Species here struck Liang Yuan as bizarre.

Still, the reason for Huang Guangzu's arrival eluded Liang Yuan.

On the move, Liang Yuan marked spots on the terrain.

Not knowing the lay of the land, he held back from speeding, proceeding with caution.

Two or three kilometers in, pointy rocks loomed up front.

They rose like mighty bastions amid the flat expanse.

Desolate boulders plus moss- and fur-covered earth evoked a savage frontier vibe.

"Damn it, we’re back again!"

"Guo Qing, is this really feasible? This method simply doesn’t work."

"This is already the third time; we’ve passed this rock for the third time, darn it!"

"If we continue like this, we’ll definitely be trapped here. It’s already the fifth day."

Abruptly, Liang Yuan caught the sound of fierce quarreling voices coming from ahead.

Fear and anxiety mingled within those heated arguments.

Liang Yuan's mind stirred at once, and he promptly employed his Spiritual Power to peer through the surrounding stones.

Three ragged men were visible, slumped against a massive boulder deep in the woods.

One bore a savage expression, his fingers tracing the carved symbols on the rock.

The remaining pair grumbled nonstop; one sported a golden square headscarf with a gruff tone.

The other displayed a facial scar and wore a metallic headband too.

Right then, the pair's ire targeted the youth fingering the stone carvings.

The youth muttered under his breath, "Impossible, this can’t be. I moved my Spiritual Power in a straight line, marking every two hundred meters, how could I get lost? This is impossible."

Named Guo Qing, this youth hailed from Baoshan City as a survivor, accompanied by his two comrades.

These three served as the forward scouts dispatched from Baoshan City's vessel to scout the area.

Yet, a week after venturing here, they'd been ensnared in this woodland, unable to escape.

"Stone Tiger, Guo Qing's a Spirit Ability User, and even he can't locate an exit—it's tougher for us," the scarred man blurted out.

Close by, the golden-headscarfed man with the coarse voice growled, "Damn this accursed spot—what's with the total darkness? We can't even ignite a torch!"

"Old Cai, don't you sense something weird? We used to bump into folks, but not a soul these last two days. Have they all escaped already?"

Scarred Old Cai replied, "Yeah, we ran into people before, so why's everyone vanished now?"

Stone Tiger glanced toward the still-muttering Guo Qing but saw nothing useful, so he yanked the rope and bellowed, "Guo Qing, quit your rambling—what food do we have remaining?"

A rope bound the trio at their waists, linking them together.

Without that lifeline, separation would have doomed them all.

Snapping back, Guo Qing announced, "My pack holds just three fish cakes now. How about you two?"

Stone Tiger reported, "Five sweet potatoes and three bottles of boiled water for me."

"Water's no issue with the ongoing rain—we won't thirst. Food's the killer; we'll starve at this rate."

"Finding grub is our top priority," Old Cai interjected urgently.

Stone Tiger and Guo Qing nodded vigorously at that.

Guo Qing pondered aloud, "I wonder if the ground moss is edible. Oddly, this huge island lacks any Mutant Beasts."

"Catching a couple Mutant Beasts would give us meat to fight the hunger."

"Maybe we're not at the island's core yet, just looping the edges?" Stone Tiger speculated.

Old Cai agreed with a nod, "Stone Tiger's got a point. Short time here, stuck in this Stone Forest forever—likely still on the periphery."

"Sigh, damn it all—without word from us, has the captain sent a rescue?" Stone Tiger wondered aloud.

Guo Qing sighed deeply, "I'm afraid even if the captain enters, he won't locate us."

Silence gripped Old Cai and Stone Tiger upon hearing that.

Despair crept in, enveloping the trio in gloom.

From afar, Liang Yuan eavesdropped on their talk, his Spiritual Power gauging their plight and piecing together their woes.

As suspected, intruders bereft of light or landmarks, sightless in the void, fumbled blindly like the blind men and the elephant—utterly clueless here.

Even this Spirit Ability User Guo Qing remained ensnared, underscoring the Stone Forest's immense scale.

Liang Yuan pondered briefly but avoided plunging into the Stone Forest rashly. He opted to withdraw and skirt its border instead.

"I’ll circle the Stone Forest; perhaps another route leads to the island's depths."

Limited to roughly four hundred meters with his Spiritual Telekinesis, Liang Yuan fretted getting lost in this labyrinthine Stone Forest.

Circumventing it proved the wisest move for now.

Traversing the Stone Forest's edge for some four or five kilometers, the woods vanished, revealing vast open plains before him.

Liang Yuan exhaled in relief, extending his Spiritual Telekinesis over the area as he pressed deeper into the island.

Having trekked several more miles, the landscape ahead began to climb upward, scattered low boulders dotting the earth.

At first, Liang Yuan barely noticed, but shortly after pressing on, his Spiritual Power picked up a gigantic canyon yawning open right in front!

"A canyon!"

"Huang Guangzu’s Parasite Species is down there!"

A spark of thrill ignited in Liang Yuan's heart, at last locking onto Huang Guangzu's position with crystal clarity.

He vaulted skyward without a second thought, Spiritual Telekinesis erupting in waves, hurtling him into the canyon as if commanding the empty air itself.

Unfathomably profound, the canyon plunged endlessly, with Liang Yuan’s Spiritual Power only grasping the sheer, polished walls nearby.

Dropping past three hundred meters, his Spiritual Power finally touched the canyon floor.

Roaring waters thundered below—not solid earth, but a sprawling lake!

Liang Yuan braked hard, zeroing in on the Parasite Species' spot, then rocketed toward it.

Yet after skimming the lake surface awhile, he keenly detected Huang Guangzu’s Parasite Species close by, though the man stayed hidden from view.

This made Liang Yuan knit his brows, peering down into the lake.

"Could it be underwater?"

The notion struck him, intent shifting as he let his form drop, plunging fast into the depths.

Bang!

Splashes exploded outward, waves surging wildly.

A watery barrier swiftly encased Liang Yuan.

The Sea of All Rivers Skill sprang to life, paired with the Spirit Turtle Shield at once.

Earth-yellow Scale Armor sheathed his body, topped by a layer of radiant Golden Armor.

Defenses locked in, Liang Yuan unleashed his Spiritual Telekinesis, instantly hunting Huang Guangzu’s Parasite Species location.

He roamed the underwater realm briefly before freezing in place.

Ahead on a drowned cliff face, a cavern mouth gaped open.

Swarms of Mutant Fish darted out from it.

Liang Yuan's pulse quickened faintly, "Could it be in there?"

He surged forward at once, trailing the cave entrance deeper into the swim.

The passage squeezed tighter and tighter, soon too narrow for free movement.

Yet this posed no issue for Liang Yuan; he triggered the Earth Escape Skills outright, drilling into the rock core.

Guided by the Parasite Species' signal, Liang Yuan darted nimbly through the stone.

Moments later, his heart lurched—a colossal underground cavern sprawled beyond the next rock barrier!